Process Engineer - Finishing

Affinity Search Limited - Starkville, MS

Full-time - Mid Level

Starkville, MS

About the position

The Process Engineer Finishing will play a critical role in establishing, optimizing, and enhancing processes at a start-up aluminum processing facility. This position focuses on converting purchased aluminum slabs into high-quality finished coils through various finishing processes. The engineer will collaborate with production, maintenance, and quality teams to ensure efficient operations and adherence to high-quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and optimize finishing processes such as slitting, blanking, hot forming, shaping, edging, coating, buffing, and painting.
• Analyze and refine finishing stages to improve yield, reduce waste, enhance product quality, and increase operational efficiency.
• Continuously monitor and optimize parameters for coating processes, buffing, and painting to maintain high-quality surface finishes.
• Provide hands-on technical support to the production team, troubleshooting and resolving issues.
• Work closely with the production and maintenance teams to ensure that finishing equipment is running optimally and downtime is minimized.
• Assist in creating and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all finishing processes, ensuring consistency and high quality in production.
• Ensure that all finishing processes meet quality specifications and industry standards.
• Implement process control techniques, such as Statistical Process Control (SPC), to monitor and maintain consistent quality and minimize variations in finished product characteristics.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience specifically in aluminum finishing processes, including slitting, blanking, hot forming, shaping, edging, coating, buffing, and painting.
• Hands-on experience with roll forming, slitting lines, coating lines, buffing/polishing machines, and painting systems in an aluminum processing or manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with industry-specific finishing techniques such as anodizing, powder coating, and pre-painted aluminum processing.
• Experience in troubleshooting and optimizing finishing processes to improve product quality, reduce defects, and increase production efficiency.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and performance-based bonuses.
• Guaranteed bonuses for the first 3 years.